milkmaid

M3I1L1K5M3A1I1D2
/ˈmɪlkmeɪd/

noun

A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

nounmilkmaid (plural milkmaids)

plural milkmaids · alternative archaic milk-maid

  1. historicalA girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.

    Synonyms: dairymaid, dairywoman

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna woman who works in a dairy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Arabic حالِبَه، عامِلَه في ملْبَنَه
  • حالِبَه، عامِلَه في ملْبَنَهa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Bulgarian доя́чка
  • доя́чка (dojáčka)a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Catalan lletera
  • lleteraa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Chinese Mandarin 擠奶女工 /挤奶女工
  • 擠奶女工 /挤奶女工 (jǐnǎi nǚgōng)a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Czech dojička
  • dojičkaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Danish malkepige
  • malkepigea young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Dutch melkmeid, melkmeisje
  • melkmeida young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • melkmeisjea young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Estonian lüpsja
  • lüpsjaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Finnish karjakko
  • karjakkoa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
French laitière, trayeuse
  • laitièrea young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • trayeusea young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • fille de laiteriea young woman who milks the cows on a farm
German Milchmädchen, Melkerin
  • Milchmädchena young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Melkerina young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Greek αρμέχτρα
  • αρμέχτρα (arméchtra)a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Hindi ग्वालिन, दूधवाली
  • ग्वालिन (gvālin)a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • दूधवाली (dūdhvālī)a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Hungarian fejőlány, fejőleány
  • fejőlánya young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • fejőleánya young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Icelandic mjaltakona
  • mjaltakonaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Indonesian pemerah susu
  • pemerah susua young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Irish cailín bleánaí
  • cailín bleánaía young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Italian lattaia, mungitrice
  • lattaiaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • mungitricea young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Japanese 乳しぼり女, 乳搾りの女
  • 乳しぼり女 (chichi shibori no onna)a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • 乳搾りの女 (chichi shibori no onna)a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • ミルクメイド (mirukumeido)a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Korean 젖짜는 여자
  • 젖짜는 여자 (jeotjjaneun yeoja)a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Latvian slaucēja
  • slaucējaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Lithuanian melžėja
  • melžėjaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Norwegian Bokmål budeie
  • budeiea young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Persian دوشنده
  • دوشنده (dušande)a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Polish dojarka, dojka
  • dojarkaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • dojkaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • dójkaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Portuguese leiteira, ordenhadora
  • leiteiraa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • ordenhadoraa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Romanian mulgătoare, lăptăreasă
  • mulgătoarea young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • lăptăreasăa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Russian доя́рка
  • доя́рка (dojárka)a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Scottish Gaelic banarach, banchaig
  • banaracha young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • banchaiga young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • nighean-bhleoghainna young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Slovak dojička, mliekárka
  • dojičkaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • mliekárkaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Spanish lechera, ordeñadora
  • lecheraa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • ordeñadoraa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Swedish mjölkerska, mjölkpiga
  • mjölkerskaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • mjölkpigaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • mjölkjungfruna young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • dejaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Turkish sütçü kız, sütçü
  • sütçü kıza young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • sütçüa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Ukrainian доя́рка
  • доя́рка (dojárka)a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Vietnamese cô gái vắt sữa
  • cô gái vắt sữaa young woman who milks the cows on a farm
Welsh llaethferch
  • llaethfercha young woman who milks the cows on a farm
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APA

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Chicago

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